M.B - Artists, Architects & Photographers 1

American ingenuity reveals itself in the simplest and most forgotten places. From familiar brand names such as Wheaties (George Cormack) to the most mundane stop at the traffic light (Garrett August……続きを見る

The Roaring Twenties in New York was a time of exuberant ambition, free-flowing optimism, an explosion of artistic expression in the age of Prohibition. New York was the city that embodied the spiri……続きを見る

John Bramblitt makes his living as a visual artist. His works have been sold in over twenty different countries, and he’s received three Presidential Service awards for the art workshops he teaches.……続きを見る

In the compiling of this little book, I am deeply indebted for historical data, etc., to John Cooke, M.A., the Messrs. Black, Lord Macaulay, the Four Masters, and many others, from whose writings I ……続きを見る

Biographie de Richard Wagner par Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Le biographe ne se contente pas de relater les événements de la vie de Richard Wagner, mais il s'applique à nous expliquer la pensée phi……続きを見る

En 2003, l'acteur Greg Sestero participe sans le savoir à un futur film-culte... Lorsque Greg Sestero, 19 ans, fait la connaissance d’un certain Tommy Wiseau dans une école d’acteurs de San Francisc……続きを見る

1967 beginnt Lutz Dammbeck ein Studium an der Leipziger Kunstakademie. Statt vom dort gelehrten Kanon des Sozialistischen Realismus ist er fasziniert von Cartoons und Rockmusik - er ist besessen von……続きを見る

Bonvivant, Liebling der Frauen, vollendeter Charmeur - das Image von Johannes Heesters wurde in erster Linie von seinen Rollen bestimmt. Jürgen Trimborn sieht hinter die Fassade des „Dauer-Lebemanne……続きを見る

Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) gehörte zu den populärsten, aber auch zu den umstrittensten Künstlern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit ihren Propagandafilmen "Sieg des Glaubens", "Triumph des Willens" und "Ol……続きを見る

TOSH: Selling and Marketing Points: Candid, funny, name-dropping, page-turning memoir by Tosh Berman, the son of Wallace Berman. Wallace Berman is one of the most significant artists of American cul……続きを見る

John Cranch was born in a small Devonshire town in the same year that Gray's Elegy was published and he might so easily have been a "flower born to blush unseen." Taught to read and write but little……続きを見る

Sweet Thunder explores the music of Duke Ellington by tracing nine themes through his amazingly productive 50-year career as composer, orchestrator, pianist, and cultural icon. Lifelong listeners to……続きを見る

Nel 1998 la 21 Publishing, la casa editrice fondata da David Bowie, pubblicò una raffinata monografia di William Boyd dedicata a un pittore sconosciuto alla comunità artistica internazionale del tem……続きを見る

Graham Boynton's Wild is the definitive biography of photographer Peter Beard, a larger-than-life icon who pushed the boundaries of art and scandalized international high society with his high-profi……続きを見る

The world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the mastersーexposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art hist……続きを見る

Christy Brown was severely disabled with cerebral palsy, unable to use any part of his body other than his left foot. Doctors said he was a 'mental defective' and that he would never be able to lead……続きを見る

Ripercorrere la vita di Maurizio Galimberti significa comporre un mosaico in cui ciascuna tessera è il frammento di un destino scritto, fin dall’infanzia, nelle grate alle finestre dell’orfanotrofio……続きを見る

Lola Mora, escultora, esculpió" su propia vida como una perfecta obra de arte. Surgió de una tierra ignota y se elevó como un cometa rutilante, desde la lejana estancia salteña donde nació, hasta br……続きを見る

Nascere bruttina e introversa, crescere solitaria e ignara del fuoco combattivo che si porta nell’animo, nutrito da una segreta voracità di bellezza e fantasia, poteva sfociare in un’implosione inco……続きを見る

Die Gespräche, die Witold Gombrowicz im Jahr 1968, ein Jahr vor seinem Tod, mit dem französischen Schriftsteller Dominique de Roux führte, wurden als »Eine Art Testament« berühmt. Auf der Höhe seine……続きを見る

A bawdy, brilliant and heartbreaking memoir by the award-winning Malawian-born artist. With exuberant prose, a cast of extraordinary characters and a rebellious spirit, Samson Kambalu tells the stor……続きを見る

In dieser Auswahl an Interviews und Gesprächen geht es nur am Rande um Politik und darum, wie es ist, jüdischer Schriftsteller in Deutschland zu sein. Vielmehr geht es um das, was eigentlich nahelie……続きを見る

Dal 1962 al 2011 Bruno Gambarotta ha lavorato in Rai districandosi, con il suo ironico aplomb, tra capricciose stelle dello spettacolo, grigi funzionari ancorati alle loro scrivanie e ruvide maestra……続きを見る

"Souvenirs & confidences - Volume II" est un ensemble de réactions au sujet de l’acharnement de la star Claude François et de ses relations avec ses paires du milieu artistique. De nombreuses opinio……続きを見る

The Imagineers, those men and women who helped Walt Disney bring his creations to life, have achieved legendary status among theme park enthusiasts. IT'S KIND OF A CUTE STORY is the life story of on……続きを見る

A Hungarian artist’s haunting WWI memoir of the Eastern Front, executed with a painter’s eye for color, detail, and heartbreaking symbolism “[A] compact self-portrait against a background of carnage……続きを見る

Fabien Remblier revient sur les six années passées dans l'univers d'AB Productions et raconte l'envers du décor de ses Années Sitcom続きを見る

As you walk down Main Street, U.S.A., have you ever looked up and wondered what the names on the windows mean? Although the tradition of honoring people with a window has been around since Disneylan……続きを見る

Famed for his bluebonnet landscapes, San Antonio native Julian Onderdonk may be the most well-known artist Texas has ever produced. Onderdonk spent several years outside the state, though, seeking t……続きを見る

A dazzling, stylish biography of a fabled Parisian photographer, adventurer, and pioneer. A recent French biography begins, Who doesn't know Nadar? In France, that's a rhetorical question. Of all of……続きを見る